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Any one of a group of poisonous snakes of the genus Naja, native to parts of Africa, Asia, and Australia.  

The angle formed by the intersection of two lines drawn on a spinal radiograph of a person (usually a child or adolescent) suspected of having scoliosis. One line is drawn parallel to the lower surface of the lowest affected vertebral body, and the other is drawn parallel to the upper surface of the highest affected…

Trade name for a self-adherent compression bandage used for protection and edema control. Also called Coban wrap.  

Cutting or dividing of a stricture.  

To bring together, as in suturing a laceration.  

A surgical device that utilizes electrical current, light energy, ultrasound, etc., to stop bleeding.  

Capable of clotting; likely to clot.  

The capacity to form clots, especially blood clots.  

Use of latex or other inert particles to which an antibody will bind in laboratory tests of agglutination.  

The giving of two or more therapeutic agents at the same time.